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WVU expert on prison education says books open doors for incarcerated people
With World Book Day approaching on April 23, the founding director of the West Virginia University Center for Prison Education and Research says reading can be a lifeline for incarcerated people.
Katy Ryan, Eberly Family Professor of Outstanding Teaching at the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, is available to discuss the impact of access to literature on those serving time in correctional facilities.
In her work with the Appalachian Prison Book Project, Ryan has helped ensure that more than 70,000 free books have reached people imprisoned in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland since 2004.
